Is it worth it to sacrifice political and historical knowledge

yes

"non fiction" is a meme

literature teaches the same things as nonfiction. it's just for people who can read between the lines.

you could be a /pol/bot and memorize the wiki intro to every political ideology there is and have a dictionary understanding of them all, but what's the use if you cannot think?

no

"fiction" is a meme

>>8348686
Why should you have a sacrifice either?

It isn't a race.

As if not reading that shit is a sacrifice. I read maybe one or two non fiction books per year (not counting books about fiction books). If I'm really interested in a subject I'll read about it but for the most part, history and politics are dismal subjects that you're better off avoiding.

>>8348686

The political system is running as well as it possibly can on its own, and doesn't need the input of goobers off the street.

>being apolitical
May as well be a slave.

>>8348966
If everybody in Washington just disappeared would anybody notice?

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>>8348686
Why not both?

>>8348686
Considering the majority of politics and history (and philosophy) books published these days is best classified as something consumer fraud and mindless commentaries on a dying culture, I'd rather read literature.

>>8348981
*something between

>>8348966
this is what the average Clinton voter actually believes

>>8348686
>implying there is a difference
really makes you think

>>8348993
Do you visit bookstores often and look at the shit that fills the shelves? I'm all for the classics and scholarly works, but not books written by living memes.

>>8349010
this

>>8349010
sure, but I feel the same way about my country's parliament

>>8348966
>The political system is running as well as it possibly can on its own

Hilarious

>>8348686
well desu fiction is made out of non-fiction events. So i dont see why you would be missing out.

>>8348945
lol this


i follow politics and still have plenty of time to explore literature and art

>>8349121
you're a pseud and dilettante in all of those fields

>>8349133
probably, who cares?

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politics is fucking pointless; you're better off living in a woods just reading books